Lady&#39;s underslip



0&0 195-? B. KRAMER ETAL 2,614,257

LADYS UNDERSLIP Filed May 9, 1950 .5. BETTY KRAMER. ra JON/l5 KRAMER ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 21, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Betty Kramer and Jonas Kramer, ,Rego Park, N. .Y.

AppIication'Ma'y Q, 1950, seriarno. 160,868

This invention relates to improvements in ladies undergarments, and more particularly'to a novel underslip.

Women are constantly searching for new devices and products by means of which they can achieve beauty or at least contribute to their overall attractiveness. One problem which constantly confronts them, for obvious reasons, is how to properly enhance their bust-line's, and they continually and diligently strive to find the foundation garment which best suits their particular figure. Manufacturers, on the other'hand, expend large sums of money and indeterminate quantities of effort to develop new constructions and designs, particularly in the production of brassieres, in order to meet this demand. Naturally, all of their efforts go into producing a product which, when used, will create the desired contour and effect, but they have always been confronted with a problem which, up to now, remained unsolved.

This problem arises from the action of an underslip when worn over the brassiere to destroy the contour thus created. The material forming the bodice portion of the conventional full-length underslip tends to drape over the bust cups of the brassi'ere and destroys the outline thereof, completely nullifying one of its asserted purposes.

The present invention has for its main object to eliminate the above disadvantage presented by underslips of existing construction and design. An object of the invention is to provide a slipof novel construction which will retain all the advantages known to full-length garments of this character, without having the adverse effect noted above.

Our invention is applicable to all full-length slips, regardless of construction; that is, it is equally applicable to underslips provided with shoulder straps as it is to those of the strapless variety. It consists generally in providing a pair of cut-out portions in the upper front part of the bodice of the garment of such size and configuration that they will fit around the bust cups of a brassiere, permitting the cups to extend therethrough.

With this construction, the functional features of a full slip are retained as well as those features which appeal purely to the eye. In addition, the present invention achieves the desired result without resorting to known combination garments and their inherent disadvantages. Many such garments consisting of combination underslip and brassiere have been constructed in 1 Glaim. (c1. a -7s) the past, but all have inherently the same drawback. It isnot practical to produce sufficient models of the particular garment to satisfy "the diversified needs as to brassiere constructi'on'and slip contour of the individual woman. The difficulties which are encountered should be obvious. It would be impossible to find a suificient number of women having the same combination of bust, waist and hip measurements as to make the sale of a single combination model'economically practical.

The present invention permits the ladies to independently choose the brassire andslip which most satisfactorily compliments their particular figure.

With these and'other objects in view, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the completed article per se, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a figure fitted with a selected brassiere which is'to be covered by an underslip.

Fig. 2 is'aperspective view of one type of underslip constructed in accordance with the teachings of our invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing how a slip made in accordance with our invention is worn over the brassiere.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the details in construction of one embodiment of our invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the details in construction of a second embodiment of our invention.

Referrin now to the drawing and more particularly to Fig. 1, there is shown generally by the numeral In the representation of a female figure. Adorning the figure is a brassire of conventional design and construction, consisting basically of two bust cups II and I2, shoulder straps I3, and a bandeau I4. The exact details of construction are unimportant, not forming a part of our invention.

In Fig. 2, an underslip embodying our invention includes a bodice portion 20 and an integral depending skirt portion 2|. The skirt portion 2| is finished off at its lower end in any conventional manner and, for example, may terminate in a lace trimming. The usual shoulder straps 22 and, when desired, lace trimming, are fastened to the upper edges of the bodice.

Up to this point, we have described the basic components of a conventional underslip. Our invention resides in providing the front of the bodice towards the upper edge with two openings 23 and 24.

As can be more clearly seen in Fig. 4, the bodice 20 is cut away to provide the arcuate margin 28 which is finished off in any conventional manner. The lace trim 29 is stitched to the upper edge of the bodice in the manner shown in the drawing, and is shaped to provide an upper margin of conventional design for the slip. Fabric binding or other reinforcing means is attached to the inner margins of the lace along edge 30, and to the material forming the bodice at points 31 and 32. A tab 35 is stitched to the reinforcing material at 34 and is provided at its free end with a loop 36. A shoulder strap 31 is threaded through the loop and secured by means of an adjustable buckle 33. The free end of shoulder strap 31 is fastened to the rear margin of the bodice at point 39. The margins 28 and 30 of the opening may take any configuration and may vary from style to style. It is not essential that lace be used to form the upper margin 30 but instead, it may be constructed from the same material that forms the bodice and skirt portions.

As pointed out above, my invention is also applicable to strapless underslips in which case the construction illustrated in Fig.5 may be employed. Only one-half of the garment is illustrated, the other half being similar in construction. Each half is provided with an opening 50 in the front of the bodice The periphery of the opening is provided with a channel or tunnel 52 by affixing suitable binding material in any well-known manner. A stay or boning 53, shaped to conform to the contour of the channel is inserted therein during its construction. With this arrangement, the garment will be self-sustaining upon the wearer without the aid of shoulder straps.

It will be apparent that although our invention has been described with reference to two specific embodiments, the style of the underslip can be varied at will. It can have the conventional neckline, as illustrated, or can be provided with a plunging neckline. The width of the shoulder straps, when used, may vary from model to model. But more important, it will be obvious that the material bordering the openings in the garment may be the same as the remainder of the article; it may be lace-trimmed, or it may be elasticized.

An underslip constructed in accordance with the above description and accompanying illustration when worn will permit the bust cups of the brassiere to extend therethrough in the manner shown in Fig. 3. Thus, the outline created by the selected brassiere is not altered, destroyed, or in any way interfered with by the second garment.

It will be obvious that our invention as described and illustrated herein may be modified, and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

What we desire to secure by United States Letters Patent and, therefore, claim is:

An underslip adapted to be worn over a brassire and having a bodice portion and an integral depending skirt portion, said bodice portion comprising a front element having an upper edge portion extending above the bust line of a wearer, said front element having a pair of openings, one on each side of the vertical front median line thereof and being of such magnitude that the bust cups of an underlying brassiere may extend therethrough without hindrance, means cooperating with the upper edge of said front element, to support the underslip upon the wearer, the lower edge of each opening extending from adjacent the median line of the garment arcuately downwardly and outwardly and at its outer end sloping upwardly adjacent the sides of the front element, the upper edge of each of said openings being substantially V-shaped and at its ends being connected to the ends of the respective lower edge.

BETTY KRAMER. JONAS KRAMER...

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 

